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SEEDS  AND  SEEDLINGS. 
The  near  arrival  of  that  period  of  the  year  when, 
with  lengthening  days  and  renewal  of  heat, 
nature  begins  another  season’s  growth,  reminds  one 
that  it  is  possible  not  only  to  ai(i  in  that  M’ork  but 
also,  unfortunately,  to  hinder  it.  It  would  be  a 
gross  libel  on  gardeners,  and,  indeid,  on  all  who 
love  a  garden,  to  say  they  would  knowingly  do 
anything  of  the  latter  kind,  or,  on  the  other 
band,  omit  help  where  necessary.  But,  allowing 
the  truth  of  that,  it  cannot  be  gainsaid  that  all 
of  us  are  apt  to  err  frecpieutly  through  want  of 
definite  knowledge  and  not  seldom  through  excess 
of  zeal.  The  practice  ( f  sowing  seeds  too  thickly 
has  been  so  often  condemned  as  in  every  respect 
an  evil  that  it  may  for  the  present  be  passed  over 
without  comment. 
Closely  allied  in  its  bad  effects,  though  of  course 
not  so  pronounced,  and,  indeed,  generally  passing 
without  notice,  is  the  system  of  allowing  seedlings 
to  remain  too  long  in  the  seed  bed — in  which  ex¬ 
pression  pots  and  boxes  are  included— before 
transplanting,  which,  i  think,  is  a  practice  than 
which  none  is  more  general.  “Too  long”  is 
somewhat  indefinite,  and  few  will  plead  guilty  to 
any  such  thing.  Nevertheless,  I  am  convinced  the 
instances  that  occur  of  plants  being  hindered^  in 
growth  by  this  one  cause  is  beyond  computation. 
The  beneficial  effect  of  transplanting  seedlings 
while  yet  very  small  can,  indeed,  be  comprehended 
fully  only  by  experiment,  when  without  a  doubt 
those  that  are  left  till  they  have  gained  so-called 
“strength”  previous  to  transplanting  will  in  many 
instances  appear  for  a  time  the  better  stock,  hut 
ultimately  they  will  be  left  behind.  Seedlings 
which  are  minute  in  an  early  stage  of  existence 
are  by  the  inexperienced  commonly  allowed  to 
remain  in  the  seed  bed  far  too  long.  Common 
examples  that  may  be  mentioned  are  Begonias, 
Gloxinias,  Calceolirias,  Pentstemons,  Lobelias, 
Francoas,  and  Salpigl-ssis,  all  of  which  should  he 
transplanted  when  yet  the  tiniest  mites.  Flow, 
remarkably,  too,  is  the  future  of  a  Tomato  plant 
affected  by  its  treatment  as  an  infant  seedling, 
not  only  in  earliness  but  also  in  crop. 
1  No.  2677.— VoL.  CII.,  Old  Serifs. 
